Improved egg-carrier



. UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

ABNER I-I. BRYANT, OF-CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVED EGG-CARRIER.

Specification fomning part of Letters Patent No. 104,261, dated .Inno14, 1870.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, ABNER H. BRYANT, ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Egg-Carrier; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and

exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of thisspeciication, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l of the drawing is atop view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a viewof one form of strip vbefore the saine is folded. Fig. 3 is a similarview of the transverse strip.

My invention relates to means for transporting eggs; and consists in themanner of folding and weavin g together strips of pasteboard or othersuitable material, of peculiar forniation, whereby pyramidal pockets areproduced in layers adapted to be placed one above another in a basket,barrel, or other vehicle, and, bythe elasticity of thewalls betweenthepockets, to prevent damage to the eggs therein contained fromexternal shocks or contact with each other.

Designating on the drawings by the letter A the strips which form two ofthe walls of each pocket parallel with each other, the letter B willrepresent the strips which form the other two parallel walls of eachpocket. The strips A and B are each rectangular in form, and provided,respectively, with the notches c c and el d, whereby they are interwovenwith each-other to form the pockets Z Z.

Previous to putting the strips together they are folded longitudinallyalong the central line l. This line marks the upper edge of thepartition, and the outer edges of the strip are at the bottom thereof.When folded, the notchescl d extend from the upper edge of the partitiondownward, while the notches c c extend from the lower edges ofthepartition upward, and the connection is formed by placing the strips atright angles to each other, inserting the walls into the notches, andpressing them together until their upper edges are brought on the samelevel. y

The notch or slot d in the strip B, it will be observed, extendstransversely across the line l of the folding, and does not extend morethan one-half the distance toward the outer or lower edges of the strip.Its shape is that of two triangles, with the apices connected at theline Z. The object of the sloping sides is to give the transverse stripA sufficient frecdom to allow it to assume the necessary position toform the transverse sloping walls of the pockets.

Sometimes, for the purpose of confining the walls more securely in theirsloping positions, the small angular tongues c c are formed at the basesof the notches d. These jut up between the walls of the transversepartition when they are in place, them in position. ble, however.

The notches c c in the edges of the strip A are wider than those in thestrip B but their edges have the same slope, and serve to give theproper inclination to the walls which form the partition B. The notchescc do not run. upward to a point, but are provided at their and serve tokeep They are not indispensaupper ends with small tongues, similar tothose mentioned above in the notches d, and subserving a similarpurpose.

'It will be observed that while the walls of the pockets, both above andbelow the center, give freely to any undue pressure, yet immediately atthe central point, where the ends of the notches come together, thewalls are stayed in position, and the egg is thereby prevented fromslipping down too far. In order to forni the bottoms of the pocketssheets of pasteboard are placed between the layers.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In combination with the strip A, having' the sloping notches c in theedges, the strip B, having the slots d, when folded and arranged to formthe rectangular taperingl pockets Z, for transporting eggs, asspecified.

2. In combination with the strip A, having the sloping notches c in theedges, and separating-tongues e, the strip B, having the slots d andtongues e, when folded and arranged to form the rectangular taperingpockets Z, for transporting eggs, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

ABNER II. BRYANT.

